Fracture apparatus for use with invalid-beds.



G. S. S. BARROWS. FRAGTURE APPARATUS FOR USE WITH INVALID BEDS. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 1'] 1906.

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NT @FFIC I CHARLES S. S. BARROWS, OF IPAVA, ILLINOIS.

FRACTUBE APPARATUS FOR USE WITH INVALID-BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed November 17, 1906. Serial No. 343,923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. S. BAR- ROWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ipava, in the county of Fulton and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fracture Apparatus for Use with Invalid-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fracture apparatus for use with invalid beds. Its objects are to provide for the ready suspension in comfortable or easy position of an injured limb or leg, es ecially when fractured, either above or befbw the knee.

Said invention consists of certain structural features or instrumentalities substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and specifically pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention the figure is a perspective view of the same.

In carrying out my invention, I employ an upright frame 1 which has its vertical mem bers suitably connected preferably by inverted T-couplings or unions 2 to lateral base-members 3 arranged in lines at rightangles to the general plane of said frame. Said frame is also braced in position by short diagonally arranged rods or braces 4 suitably held in place to the vertical members thereof and said lateral base-members. Said frame has also an extensible and contractible upper end portion comprising telescoping sections 5, 6 for the suitable adjustment thereof to accommodate the width of the bed to which it may be applied. Suitably suspended from said upper end-portion 5, 6 of said uprightframe, by a bail a, lines or ropes 7 and pulley blocks 8, is a cradle 9, preferably a metal trough-like contrivance or stirrup, for receiving and suspending the limb or leg which may be in'ured, especially when fractured or broken below the knee as will be readily a 4 preciated the patient or invalid presumabl ying in the bed in connection with which the device may be used. The up er pulley block is preferably hung directly om a hook 1O suitably rigged upon the upper end portion of the upright-frame 1; the line or rope 7 aforesaid, rove through said block, as also through the cooperating pulley-block, being hitched or looped around a cleat 11 fixed to one of the vertical members of said frame. Said cradle or stirrup 9 is suitably equipped with a foot-rest strap 12, its ends being passed through lateral apertures therein, near the extreme outer end thereof, the strap, itself, being passed or stretched across said end as shown, in position to receive the bottom of the invalids foot.

An additional upright frame 27, having attached to its lower ends lateral extension plates or bars 28 embracing, or striding the base-members 3, is also provided for suspending in position, or the employment of a second sling, cradle or stirrup 29, for use in event of the fracture or injury extending above the knee, said stirrup or cradle being conjointly used with the aforesaid sling, stirrup or cradle for forming an extended support for the leg. Said additional upright frame is also equipped with a like hook 30 for suitably engaging therewith and supporting in position a pulley-block 31, over whose pulley and the pulley of a second pulleyblock 32 is rove a line or rope 33 suitably connected to abail34 attached to said second stirrup or cradle, said rope or line beingsuitablypassed or looped around a cleat 35 fixed to said upright frame. Said second stirrup or cradle has at one end a hook 36 effective for engagement with one of the lateral holes in the aforesaid stirrup or cradle, receiving the foot-rest strap thereof, the latter now being removed and applied to the additional stirrup or sling as shown in Fig. 2. Said additional upright frame is also provided with an extensible and contractible upper end portion for the like purpose as that of the corresponding part of the aforesaid upright frame and suitably sustained in upright position by means of buckle-equipped straps 37 passed or looped around the upper end portions of the two upright frames as shown.

I claim 1. A device of the character described, comprising an upright frame or support, an additional like support both held upon a common base, stirrups or slings suspended from said frames respectively, suspending means therefor, and means connecting together said stirrups or slings.

2. A device of the character described, bracing a hook attached to one stirrup and comprising a plurality of upright supports engaging the opposite stirrup. 10 one fixed to a common base and the other In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, removable from the latter, means connecting in presence of two Witnesses. said supports together, stirrups or slings sus- CHARLES S. S. BARROW'S. pended from said supports, and suspending Witnesses: means for said stirrups or slings, and means KATHARINE W001), for connecting together said stirrups em- LUOIUS MORLEY. 

